The Sean Penn–Naomi Watts take on the Joseph Wilson–Valerie Plame story, Fair Game, is coming to theaters on November 5, and though political movies almost always flop, and it’s likely to suffer much the same box-office fate as the instantly forgotten Nothing but the Truth, a fictionalized version from two years ago in which Kate Beckinsale played a Judith Miller–like character and Vera Farmiga was a stand-in for Plame, it’s important for those who actually read the newspapers and know the facts to point out the way Fair Game massages reality to suit its own purposes.

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